...it's not dark yet, but it's gettin' there...
Today's exciting French Open final between two absolute hotties, Argentina's Mariano Puerta and Spain's Rafael Nadal, is a great match. But i had to break away between sets to comment about their awful fashion choices.
Puerta chose an orange shirt to wear on a clay court. Not good. Really bad, actually. Maybe that was part of his strategy, to distract Nadal with some sort of ill-conceived camouflage idea.
But Rafael Nadal's outfit takes le cake. A chartreuse sleeveless top with white capris? Qu'est-ce que c'est? Il est terrible! i want to match them with some cute lace-up espadrilles, dude. No guy can pull off that look, not even one as gorgeous as Rafael. Tennis player thighs are the best looking thighs in the world; why cover them up?
And the panty-lines! Guys, white pants are why they invented thongs. Any girl will tell you. That's embarrassing. They should try some lycra boxers or something.
Okay, time for me to get back to the sweaty grunting latins. They're tied, one set all, in the third set.
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At least they weren't wearing matching outfits like the girls. What was up with that?
Posted by: d-rod on Jun. 5, 2005i don't think tennis is as good as it was say a few years back, but then again maybe I just like watching Americans win. Was a decent match today though, looking forward to wimbeldon.
Posted by: scof on Jun. 5, 2005As a tennis player I must say that I favored the mid to late 80s stuff -- maggia, tacchini, etc. Sometimes I don't know what in the world these people are dressing in these days!!
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Posted by: annika on Jun. 5, 2005Booger green will always be a fashion statement.
Posted by: Mark on Jun. 5, 2005So that's chartreuse!
Apparently it's a great color for fishing lures.
Posted by: Matt on Jun. 5, 2005They are terrible outfits. I always liked Sampras in his classic whites...
Posted by: Hugo on Jun. 6, 2005Best tennis fashion? Aggasi in the late 80s. I owned a pair of those black with hot-pink paint splash Nike Airs.
And you think Nadal is hot? He's got a great body, but his face? He looks like the damn missing link, sloping brow and jutting jaw and everything.
Posted by: ken on Jun. 7, 2005Hey,
Nadal does have a wierd looking face for a guy, but who cares? He has a fantastic body. Take a look at that BUT. Who cares what he wears. Plus, he plays fantastic tennis.
Posted by: N Diane on Jun. 7, 2005VPL? Visible Panty Lines? Only on Puerta, I do not think Nadal was wearing any! Maybe a thong? My husband says there is no way he could play tennis that long without some sort of support...
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Posted by: annika on Jun. 23, 2005Nadal is jjust 100% WOW!!! My god that body and that ass easily distract me from the game. I'd definitely like to meet somene with a smile as cute as his, he's just so incredibly hot, even with the weird face.
Posted by: sabrina on Jul. 5, 2005Hey! WOWOWOW RAFA IS AN AMAZING PLAYER! I think he is so cute-c'mon you have to admit-he has one heck of a smile! When he smiles his whole faces lights up!! I thinks he is so cute and a great player lol of course!
Posted by: Ilar on Jul. 11, 2005